The National Teacher Research Panel was set up about 15 years ago by CUREE supported by a group of national education agencies most of which no longer exist. It had three main goals:
- To ensure that all research in education takes account of the teacher perspective
- To ensure a higher profile for research and evidence informed practice in government, academic and practitioner communities
- To increase the number of teachers engaged in and with the full spectrum of research activity.
Over the several years of its existence, the Panel, supported by its expert advisers in CUREE, has helped and encouraged dozens of teachers and school leaders to do high quality but practical research. The Panel also helped them report their findings succinctly, in plain English and focused on relevance to other practitioners. This is one such example of that work.
For this TLA research summary, we selected, appraised and summarised a study that might be helpful to teachers wanting to find out more about using assessment 'formatively' - that is, as a teaching and learning tool in their classrooms. The study is: Black, Paul and Dylan William. Inside the Black Box. London: King's College, 1998. We have used our 'scaffolding' of questions to see what useful information the report contained for teachers. We have also searched out additional case study material to illustrate the main points made by the study.You may also like to read our TLA research summary of the researchers' subsequent work, Assessment for learning: putting it into practice.
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